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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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